Friday, 6 May 2016

Remember sitting in tour bus and the driver tells the story as
he drives around the city. While, it is a good idea for a bus tour company to
save on hiring a separate tour guide, there are a lot of challenges with driver
telling the story. The new mobile app technology now offers tour guide apps so
that each visitor can download the app on their mobile and have a pocket tour
guide in their own hand. No dependency on the driver:

1.Splitting attention between driving and storytelling

2.Driver training, accuracy of story

3.Driver motivation, mood and sense of humor

4.Not able to take the story home

5.Supporting foreign languages

The mobile tour guide apps are bringing a revolution to the
travel industry. There is no need for driving guide tours or driver to double up as a
tour guide any more. The visitors download the tour guide apps on their own
smartphone and use them as tour guides and a lot more. They offer features such
as: